Homemade Hamburger Buns

Martha makes everything by hand... but I use the bread machine and it works perfectly.

Add ingredients to the bread maker in order listed:
1 1/2 cups room temp. water
2/3 cup instant dry milk
1/3 cup melted butter, cooled
3 TB sugar
1 large egg
5 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. Kosher salt
1 TB plus 1 tsp. active dry yeast (2 pkgs.)

Select dough cycle and let your bread maker do the work. I scrape the sides during the first few minutes of mixing so that it picks up all the flour.

When the dough is done, remove and cut into 12 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a ball and flatten slightly, on a greased cookie sheet- 2-3 inches apart. (I put 6 on each cookie sheet) Cover with a towel and let rise again for about 45 minutes.

Preheat oven to 400 deg. Just before baking brush the top of each bun with a mixture of 1 egg yolk and 2 TB milk. Sprinkle on sesame seeds, poppy, fennel, onion or seasoning of choice.
Bake until golden, 13-15 minutes and until hollow sounding when tapped. Remove immediately and cool on wire racks. Can be frozen for up to 2 months.

Recipe courtesy of The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook.